Welcome to Safe At Home - The National Home Safety Equipment Scheme

The Safe At Home National Home Safety Equipment Scheme is a major initiative to help families keep their children safe from home accidents. The main focus of the national scheme is to provide home safety equipment to the most disadvantaged families in areas with the highest accident rates. This is because children from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to suffer accidental injuries or deaths. Children of parents who are long-term unemployed or who have never worked are 13 times more likely to die as a result of unintentional injury and 37 times more likely to die from exposure to smoke, fire or flames than children of parents in higher managerial or professional occupations. ¹

Safe At Home is not just about equipment. Over the next two years the aim is to provide families with information and support that will help them to make their homes safer environments in which they and their children can live and grow. The information on this site will link to activities provided by local schemes aimed at equipping all parents to keep their children safe.

This site has two main areas. The Information for Families pages will provide families with up-to-date information on how they can keep their homes and their children safe, as well as highlighting whether schemes are operating in their area and giving details of eligibility and equipment available. The Schemes pages will provide local partners with all the details of how to apply, whether there is an allocation of equipment for your area, details of training and downloadable versions of all documentation necessary to run the scheme.

Whether you are a parent or carer or a local organisation involved in running a local Safe At Home scheme, you will find something here for you.